Security

MPS believe that skill shortages and a chaotic way of handling personal data breaches is undermining Britain’s ability to deter cyber attacks. Britain is certainly vulnerable to attacks from states like Russia, who do not operate under the same legal standards. And according to a report by the Public Accounts Committee, it said that ministers take too long to consolidate the ‘alphabet soup’ of agencies tasked with keeping the country safe.

A hot topic in both business and technology circles, the Internet of Things defines a range of technologies that allow us to potentially connect anything electronic with each other in a network of machines, appliance, devices and sensors. However, with news of innovation and opportunity also comes the foreboding side: IoT has a major security problem.

INTEGRITY Security Services (ISS), a Green Hills Software company, has announced the launch of the latest Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) service for secure Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates to network-connected IoT devices in all industries. The DLM OTA Service enables product developers with remote update and management capabilities, providing defence-in-depth protection against defects while continually improving the product in the field.

Britain’s largest collection of independently owned hotels has improved its data recovery time by 75% thanks to a successful partnership with Altinet. The IT experts were called in earlier this year to review IT storage processes and infrastructure for the hotel chain.

The simplest definition of the Internet of Things (IoT) is that it is a giant network of connected things (application, devices, and people). Information sharing and data flow between things are at the core of this technology. IoT describes the domain where just about everything can be connected and communicated with in a smart manner.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is not just generating a tsunami of data for which new connectivity and data analysis approaches are developed, such as fog computing and others. The IoT is also generating a tsunami of risks and concerns in the areas of Internet of Things security, regulatory compliancy and data privacy, as the team at i-SCOOP explains here.

A complete System on Chip (SoC) for smart home devices has been introduced by Qorvo. According to the company, it delivers multi-protocol support with best-in-class power consumption. More than 600 million smart home devices are expected to ship annually by 2021, compared with 40 million in 2015.

Cyber threats are currently outpacing the defenders but it does not need to be the case. Attacks are increasing in number and type, with the overall impacts are becoming greater. Cybersecurity is struggling to keep our digital lives and assets protected from the onslaught of attacks but facing great challenges. By understanding the root causes, we can adapt and change the equation for everyone’s benefit.
By Matthew Rosenquist

It's been announced that Webair's Chief Technology Officer, Sagi Brody, will speak at Pacific Telecommunications Council: Changing Realities (PTC’17), to be held 15th-18th January 2017 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort in Honolulu, HI.

Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is the next evolutionary step for Ethernet technology and it is well on its way to establish itself as a fundamental building block for Industry 4.0 and IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) networks.

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